4 Workers Die After Inhaling Toxic Gas at Chemical Unit in Gujarat

Four workers died after inhaling toxic fumes following a gas leak at a chemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat's Bharuch district, police said on Sunday.

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The company said all four were given immediate medical care but could not be saved. It has announced Rs 30 lakh ex gratia to the kin of each victim.

A company employee and three contractual workers fell unconscious after poisonous fumes leaked from a pipe at a production unit of the Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL) on Saturday night, Dahej police station inspector BM Patidar said.

They were rushed to a private hospital where all four of them died, he said.

The bodies were sent for postmortem and further probe into the incident was underway, the official said.